No.

I bet she violates her probation not just once, but multiple times and still doesn’t go back to jail. 

Looks like another judge feels sowwy for Po’ Widdle Tink Tink and she gets off light for lying and blaming a black dude, which we all know is a form of Russian Roulette. But, she had a bad day, so, oh well.

Your friends are living it up in the White House.

“I was assaulted previously, not at Delta’s campus,” she added.

I feel like we must have shared a childhood. My mom was a spanker, usually with the belt that was used only for spanking, but very occasionally an extension cord or a brush or something. My dad, though, was an emotional and psychological terrorist, for minor or even imagined offenses. And he was into this kind of…

This hit home because a lot of us have similar stories. My parents loved us. I know that for a fact. But the unnecessary discipline and the harsh words well was too damn harsh. I HATED the yelling. I always joke a lot of us got beat for breathing wrong. To scream at the top of your lungs for the most insignificant…

With you bruh

I was abused as a child, teen and even an adult—emotionally, verbally and physically. And harassed to shut up and not cry about anything. Don’t feel, don’t talk. I’m a white woman, so a totally different culture. Ours happened behind closed doors and we were chided into hiding it and looking perfect on the outside.…

Yeah, if you grow up thinking it’s okay to beat the shit out of your own kids, then you did not turn out okay.

Such a good point re: the “snowflake” treatment for any little demand for respect or hard boundary drawn, especially by a woman.

I hate when people say about anything “well it happened to me so it must be ok”. You obviously have a biased view of that situation.

I too went through a very traumatic childhood. I never thought that the internet would be the place I would share my thoughts and feelings, but here we are. Know this, I share not for anyone’s pity or to get stars or whatever. I just wanted to just get it out. I was raised in a very strict Haitian household raised by…

I really think that the black folks ‘hard raising’ mindset needs to die. Yes, it’s hard to make kids understand not to do stuff and if they do it anyway, there’s going to be trouble, but this romanticizing of brutal ass-beatings by adults using various items is not a good thing. My ass-whoopings didn’t stop until I…

I am so sorry for what you went through and so grateful that you shared this.

Thank you for sharing! I SO relate. The way people dismiss my illness (depression & MS for that matter), tell me black people don’t have these kind of problems or I take things too personally. But got me on speed dial when they’re in their latest crisis. Once I started putting my needs first, they suddenly got real…

I am so terribly sorry the world did you like this. No one deserves it. No one can justify it. I’m glad to hear that you’ve got something like a handle on the shitbag you’ve been saddled with.

Jesus. Right about now I want to take your younger self in, give her milk and cookies, put on cartoons, and tell her everything’s going to be all right. (Queen King Beauregard and I frequently provide a haven for people, sometimes QKB’s relatives, sometimes adults we know. We have a room just for people needing a safe…

Thank you so much for sharing this experience.

“I believed that I was worth nothing. I believed that my pain was bullshit and that I was just “dramatic” or “oversensitive.” “ - God, yes. I was well into adulthood when I realized maybe I wasn’t “a sensitive child,” I was just a CHILD, full stop. And this gaslighting continues writ large in our society with labeling…